This story was
first published in the Strand magazine in England in October 1891. It
was
later published in the first collection of Sherlock Holmes stories
entitled "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" in 1892.

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The Strand story was
illustrated by the following Walter Paget pictures.

Dr
Watson and Sherlock Holmes
in a railway carriage.

The
body of Charles McCarthy
found by the Boscombe Pool.

James
McCarthy holding his dying
father by the Boscombe Pool.

Inspector
Lestrade, Alice Turner,
Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes.

Dr Watson trying to "Interest
myself
in a yellow backed novel."

Inspector
Lestrade, Dr Watson
and Sherlock Holmes examining
James and his father's boots
at Hatherley Farm.

Sherlock
Holmes examining the
ground at the Boscombe Pool.

John Turner hiding behind a
tree watching the argument between
James Mcarthy and his father